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ARTICLE: Time to Study Metastatic-Cancer Survivorship AUTHORS: Terry Langbaum and Thomas J. Smith JOURNAL: N Engl J Med. 2019 Apr 4;380(14):1300-1302. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp1901103. One of us,… Read More »Time to Study Metastatic-Cancer Survivorship
Klitos Konstantinidis, fellow in the Division of Cardiology, was awarded the AAP/ASCI/APSA Joint Meeting Best Poster Award from the Association of American Physicians and the American Society for… Read More »Konstantinidis Receives Best Poster Award
Tom Smith, professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine, was named the recipient of the 2019 Walther Cancer Foundation Palliative and Supportive Care in Oncology… Read More »Smith Receives Palliative and Supportive Care in Oncology Endowed Award
As you may have seen in the announcement from Kevin Sowers and Inez Stewart, our Executive Vice Chair, Dr. Sherita Golden, will become the next… Read More »Golden Named Chief Diversity Officer
Inpatient - TREWS Information in Chart Header [effective 4/30/19] Although most Epic users enter patient charts using either system list or Trackboard, there are many… Read More »Epic Tip of the Week: April 2019 Week 4
The Thoracic Oncology and Pulmonary Divisions at JHH, together with the JH Immune-Related Toxicity Team, are pleased to be hosting a two-day educational lung cancer and irAE masterclass event on May 6-7,… Read More »Updates in Lung Cancer, Immunotherapy and Immune-Related Toxicity
CLABSI-Free Nelson 3 is one year CLABSI-free as of April 16! Miller Coulson Academy Awards The Miller Coulson Academy of Clinical Excellence selected Nikki Chokshi,… Read More »April Updates
The iCOMPARE trial, for which Sanjay Desai is a lead investigator, examined outcomes from trainees with different duty hour standards. The trial was funded by… Read More »Assessment of Inpatient Time Allocation Among First-Year Internal Medicine Residents Using Time-Motion Observations
Over the past few years, the BCU team has learned the importance of taking a good travel and social history. The current measles outbreak is… Read More »Help Minimize the Measles Outbreak
Q: Should I always order a whole blood when there is concern for hemolysis? The Bottom Line: No. During analysis of whole blood, instruments do not… Read More »One Minute Guide to: Whole Blood Potassium